Comments on: Storage & Organizing the Holiday Stuff

By: Elaine L.

Elaine L. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:24:56 +0000

That painted cabinet in your foyer is beautiful! Could you post more pictures of it?

~elaine~

By: Bette Jo

Bette Jo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:17:50 +0000

Boy…am I glad that I am not the only one with storage problems..you look like you have much more than I do…but it is always a problem,….thanks for posting about it…BJM

By: Deanna

Deanna — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:47:59 +0000

I, too, do something very similar. I have plastice bins and all are labeled 25A, 25B, 25C and so on. I have a 3 x 5 index card for each bin and on it I write the contents. For instance, 25A has all my kitchen items in it:

25A
Kitchen Garland
Gingerbread Ornaments
Gingerbread Cookie Jar

and so on. From year to year the contents change and keeping the contents written on a 3 x 5 card saves me from marking the outside of the bin. I’d love to take credit for this system but I learned it at an Emily Barnes workshop I went to many years ago. It makes decorating for the holidays so much more organized, I can tell my husband that I need 25A from storage and I/we don’t have to go through all the bins looking for items. Thank you Emily!

Deanna Forrest

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:27:33 +0000

I am so glad to see your storage areas look just like mine! Except I have a basement. I have plastic drawers in the basement for some of my seasonal stuff. I have Easter and Fall in bins just like Christmas, just in different places down there. I have stuff to rotate for seasons in my foyer furniture and all my candles in the kitchen in a low cupboard. It is so NICE to know where you put something isn’t it??

By: Jerri Ann Smith

Jerri Ann Smith — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:21:20 +0000

Oh I have to admit I do feel better seeing this post now. I’ve been thinking that organizing the boxes according to the room they decorate would be a good idea. Now I know, I should do it. One of my projects for this year is to organize my storage room for Christmas decorations.

I need some design advice. If you have time, would you be so kind to stop by my blog and check out my 2010 todo’s post. Thank you.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:04:22 +0000

Rhoda, Thanks for stopping by. It was so nice to hear that you’ve had good results with spraying ceiling fans. Now…I think I’m ready to try it…I’ve had the time, I’ve just been lacking the courage.

By: Hi Cousin- Dot

Hi Cousin- Dot — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:47:58 +0000

Rhoda..after 50 yrs of gathering Christmas decorations I added another step to boxing them up for the attic. Number the boxes in order that I need them for the tree. Box #1 is for all the lights, star which I put on the tree first and when finish with that it goes back up to the attic out of the way. Box #2 is next, all the ornaments,beginning with large ones for the bottom of tree and smaller items for the top of tree any ropes,chains etc and include extra hangers. All empty bulb boxes, cotton and tissue for protecting old things go back in bin and up the steps. Box #3- all items for under the tree- I used an old sheet to catch the needle which fall while decorating and that is why I decorate under the tree last. I use a old sheet with newspaper that is wadded up under the sheet to look like hills and valley topped with cotton batting to look like snow then fix my village with mini lights, That box goes back up too. I have found smaller bin boxes are not as heavy and go up the folding stairs quicker. Caution: the spray can snow can damage your ornaments. When I was teen-ager it was my job to fix the tree. I used “Ivory Flakes” soap which came in a box , mixed with water into a paste to spread on the tree limbs to look like snow. Then, snow in a can was made, but I really like the Ivory Flakes better. We always had a “real” tree and to this day when I smell the evergreen, it says ‘Christmas’ to me. This year we did not put up a tree….we have a cat who would climb every inch of it!A week ago we found her on top of the house. Happy New Year to you and Peter

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:41:33 +0000

Love your storage, Rhoda. Very similar to ours. I should send you photos of all the storage my hsuband built into our attic and garage and laundry room. He’s the king of packing and storage, or at least I think he is. I thought I was organized until I met him. He admits to being a little persnikity about it. But I think I’d rather have that trait in him than the opposite.

So glad you share so much of the “real” stuff and thanks for carrying on with your wonderful blog in 2010!

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:39:05 +0000

Funny…my Beth Moore study books are right beside my yearbooks too. This year I added a wall of large 3M hooks in my basement for wreathes, garlands, bags of floral stuff, etc. Love your blog.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:33:03 +0000

I read your post and felt like I was at my house. We store our decorations in the same totes in our attic, which looks exactly like yours.

Jane